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Platygyra sinensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astroria sinensis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Meandrina sinensis by Felix (1915); it was recombined as Platygyra sinensis by Veron (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. siciliae

Synonyms
  • Maeandrina delicatula was named by Ortmann (1888). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Coeloria delicatula by Ortmann (1889); it was recombined as Platygyra delicatula by Chevalier (1968); it was synonymized subjectively with Platygyra sinensis by Kiessling (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Astroria sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1888Maeandrina delicatula Ortmann
1889Coeloria delicatula Ortmann
1915Meandrina sinensis Felix
1968Platygyra delicatula Chevalier
1977Platygyra sinensis Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPlatygyraEhrenberg 1834
speciessinensis(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Invalid names: Platygyra delicatula Ortmann 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available